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When responding to an emergency at Berkeley Lab, the way you place a call to 911 can make a critical difference. Dialing 911 from your desk phone provides a rapid, dual-agency response from the police and our on-site Security Emergency Services (SES) team. Because desk phones are tied to a specific physical location, Berkeley Lab Read more »

When Allison Barker started her new position as Communications Specialist for the Engineering Division, one of her first projects was updating the decade-old Engineering website. The site had become outdated and difficult to use, as it was not optimized for mobile or tablet viewing, making it harder for audiences to access information about the Division. Read more »

Katherine Klymko has been recognized as part of the UC Womxn Rock IT 2026 campaign, an annual initiative led by the UC Womxn in Technology (WIT) Committee to celebrate the outstanding contributions of women advancing innovation, leadership, and inclusive excellence across the UC system.  This year’s honorees represent a diverse range of expertise—from cybersecurity and Read more »

Click here for the most up to date information about the use of Anthropic / Claude models at LBNL in light of recent federal direction. Read more »

While many people were excited to learn about Google Workspace Studio Flows in the January Jumpstart series last month, some weren’t sure how to incorporate it into their daily work.  Fortunately, we have a great Studio Flow that anyone at Berkeley Lab can try to build their Google Studio skills: creating a Studio Flow to Read more »

Science IT @ LBL has partnered with D-Lab to offer free, engaging workshops on the latest IT applications. Upcoming workshops include Python, R Programming, and Tidyverse. Check out the upcoming trainings. Read more »

We have exciting updates to the Passkey Pilot program, including a streamlined setup to help you create a portable passkey on a mobile device or security key and the ability to add additional devices for backup. Sign up here! Read more »

ScienceIT’s work was referenced in NVIDIA’s post on the ALS deployment of the Accelerator Assistant, a large language model (LLM)-driven system to keep X-ray research on track. The article references not only CBorg, but Ollama, an LLM service that has been integrated into the Lawrencium high-performance computing (HPC) cluster at Berkeley Lab and managed by Read more »

The University of California Women in Technology Committee (UC WIT) is a self-chartered, independent organization that promotes a supportive, inclusive environment to advance the professional goals of women in technology. UC WIT’s annual “UC Women Rock IT” article highlights the contributions of women in tech across the UC system in celebration of Women’s History Month Read more »

ScienceIT has started weekly office hours every Wednesday at 11AM for CBorg, Berkeley Lab’s AI portal and service platform that provides access to multiple AI tools and models for researchers and staff. It was developed by the IT Division’s ScienceIT Department to support scientists at the Lab with their data and computational needs. The Office Read more »

Thanks, everyone who attended our first January Jumpstart! We hope you learned a lot and are using some of the productivity tips and tools we discussed in the week-long series. A few updates:  If you want more information about Google Workspace, we have the following offerings: Google Workspace Learning CenterGoogle Skills courses and labsProvide Feedback Read more »